Most skills will be irrelevant in 10-20 years. That is, unless you completely change how you think about success. Because if you are a high agency individual, that doesn’t matter. Why? Because you aren’t dependent on a specific skill for your success. You aren’t a specialist. You didn’t focus your mind – preventing you from learning outside of that focus – on the status of a high paying job or degree. You have a vision, and you understand that in today’s world, you can acquire any skill or any knowledge to achieve the life you want. Unfortunately, if your parents did not cultivate the skill of agency in themselves, they probably did not pass it off to you. And unless you have deliberately (and painfully) gone through the process of relearning, you have some work to do before you feel in control of your future. With that said: The most important skill to learn that will be relevant now, in 10 years, and until you die is agency.
Because if you can set your own life direction, do what is required to achieve it, and avoid the infinite number of temptations and distractions in today’s world, you will never be at risk of replacement (and if you do get replaced, it doesn’t matter, because you can quickly adapt). I want to share 5 ideas on what agency is, why it matters more than ever, and how to practice it so you can get what you want in life.